Make-up this spring might be eclectic but it always looks fresh, fresh exciting. Whether you go for glowy skin, graphic liner, bold colour on your lids or lips or glitter and shimmer anywhere in your face.

Although many make-up artists and artistic directors claim that backstage make-up trends are dead and that anything goes as long as you feel comfortable with it, you can still spot some trends. (Let’s just call them moods for the time being.) You will always find a red lip, nude make-up, bold liner and smoky eyes on the catwalk (or on Instagram), no matter which season it is.

You would not expect glitter to be amongst those moods but the past couple of seasons – especially last winter – glitter and shine were everywhere. On the catwalk but on Instagram, too. (Holographic make-up, anyone?) Glitter is not used as a reference to 70’s disco ball glitter parties but it can be used to make your face look fresh and glowy. You can go for full-on glitter eyes à la Jour/Né, glitter lips (spotted at Shrimps) or glitter lashes (at Ryan Lo). Or you skip the glitter, keep it more simple and stick to a pretty highlighter à la Peter Pilotto. Or a smoky eye with a glitter detail like Alberta Ferretti’s make-up look. Or some gold or silver on your eyelids.

“You can simple push some glitter, mixed with a base like m.a.c’s Mixing Medium Eyeliner, with your pinky finger into the inner corner of your eye or the center of your eyelid so you get a glittery effect when you blink.”

You don’t feel like experimenting with loose glitter? “You can of course use glitter eyeliner as a liner but I like to put some on my eyelid and fade it with my finger to create a glitter effect that stays put all day long.”

“Or you can use loose pigment in a metallic colour or a metallic eye shadow. Spray some m.a.c Fixing Spray Plus on your eyeshadow brush before you use it: that way you get more colour on your eyes. Or just apply the eyeshadow with your finger.”

But how do you get all the glitter off? “Use some (medical) sticky tape. Push the tape into the glitter and softly pull it off skin. If you start rubbing a cleanser soaked cotton pad on your skin, you will irritate it.”